Haunted Providence: Strange Tales from the Smallest State

Haunted Providence: Strange Tales from the Smallest StateThough Rhode Island is America's smallest state, they have more than their fair share of spooky stories. Author Rory Raven has collected stories and tales drawn from the history and folklore of one of the oldest cities in the nation. From restless spirits and mysterious deaths, to vampires and shadowy strangers, and even stories involving Edgar Allan Poe and H. P. Lovecraft, Haunted Providence explores the unusual events and untold tales that have

When he and his gang waylay a certain neo-Victorian—John Percival Hackworth—in the seamy streets of their neighborhood

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The correspondence begins in 1913

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Lovecraft’s universe is a frightening shadow world were reality and nightmare intertwine

whose people he swears to defend against their grasping and ancient enemy

power-hungry politicians

The Ballad of Horse Girl

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